EMT in the News

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The PM level was 44 during the 2004 Olympics in Athens, 24 in Sydney in 2000 and 28 in Atlanta in 1996, said Staci Simonich, a professor at Oregon State University who published a 2009 study on pollution at the Beijing Games. “Rio’s...

Your driveway could be making you sick. A new study by Oregon State University found products used to seal driveway surfaces could increase your risk of cancer. Instead of re-paving, parking lots and driveways are often repaired with a much less...

A drug developed in Corvallis and Perth, Australia, to treat a genetic disorder may also represent a promising advance in personalized medicine. Eteplirsen targets Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which leads to muscle degeneration and weakness. The...

Dr. Jennifer Field's has been posted on the GoMRI website as a featured article. the story describes her work to develop a method that measures the chemical compostion of the four Corexit surfactants (Used on the Deepwater Horizon and other...

Blair Paulik and Jamie Minick, both PhD students in Dr. Kim Anderson’s lab, traveled to McNary High School on April 10th to teach students about environmental pollution. This opportunity was initiated when a teacher from McNary Community Outreach...

Researchers for the first time have developed a method to track through the human body the movement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, as extraordinarily tiny amounts of these potential carcinogens are biologically processed and...

Dr. Pat Iversen, a professor in the department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, recently spoke about Ebola treatments at a well-attended Corvallis Science Pub at the Old World Deli on Monday, December 5.

George Bailey, an Oregon State University toxicologist, died Monday, just a month before he was to receive the 2014 Discovery Award presented by the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon Health & Science University.

Dr. Paul Jepson, Director of the Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC) and a Professor in the Environmental & Molecular Toxicology department, was presented with the 2014 OSU International Service Award at University Day on September 18th...

Enivironmental and Molecular Toxicology department was recently featured in Oregon's Agricultural Progress magazine in an article that explored and explained the research currently being done by EMT labs.

People with questions about using pesticides correctly can now get answers on their smartphones and tablets, thanks to expanded online services offered by the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC).

Over the past year (2013-14), Dr. Dave Stone, Associate Professor in Environmental and Molecular Toxicology was appointed to a National Academies panel to examine how the State of California assesses pesticide risk. This panel convened in both...

Dr. Jennifer Field's upcoming lecture at the ACS meeting in San Francisco has been selected as one of the "Can't Miss Talks" on the program. The lecture, titled 'Research at the interface fd environmental chemistry and engineering" will be...

Derik Haggarded was awarded the "Best Poster" award at the Collaborative Aquatic Models and 21st Century Toxicology" which was held May 5 - 6 in raleigh, North Caroline on the North Carolina State University campus.

The UC Davis superfund Research Center recently invited EMT trainees to attend UC Davis Picnic Day to display posters and participate in outreach activites. Picnic Day is an annual open house event that typically draws more than 50,000 visitors...

Lead author Paul Jepson of the Integrated Plant Protection Center at OSU states “we were shocked to find such widespread use of highly toxic organophosphate pesticides, but by carefully studying and quantifying their use, we provide a basis for...

Researchers led by Oregon State University Superfund Research Program grantee Robert Tanguay, Ph.D., used high-throughput screening to analyze 1,060 unique compounds for 22 possible effects on zebrafish embryos.

Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered novel breakdown products that form when specific high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) chemically interact with nitrogen. These nitrated-PAHs (NPAHs), which were...

More than 45 mostly graduate-level students attended the first offering of the course, Communicating Science and Risk Beyond Academia – or TOX 507/607 – this fall to learn to explain their scientific research from experts across Oregon State....

Joey Pryor was awarded $1,000 from the University Honors College Excellence Fund to support his research on "Comparative toxicological assessment of PAMAM and thiophosphoryl dendrimers using embryonic zebrafish" in Dr. Harper's Lab.

The OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship recognizes OSU faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship in a specific project or activity resulting in substantial impact beyond the university setting. The award consists of...